I posted this in another thread but i tought i should make a topic about it (hope there isnt a similar topic.. if so i didnt see it).

How will they work with their servers this time? Every1 get to pick their own server or we get appointed to one and we have to get friends in by means of world passes..?

I am quite curious about how they are gonna do this... cause what i liked about FFXI was that it was a big mix of cultures (i think everybody loved this)..JP NA EU it was alot of fun and made the game active at all times. Imagine if we have full freedom of choosing servers, im positive that people from the same language would all choose 1 server.. like all JP servers.. sure you could still choose to go there but the majority would be JPs there would be no more balance. While ofcourse like everyone else i want to be able to play with my RL mates. In FFXI it wasn't a problem for me because i was already playing the game and could deliver my RL friends world passes.

I'd like for them to give info about this soon, id really love the mixed servers again but i also want to be able to start on the same server as my friends at launch... any1 have any ideas on how they should do this??